Lamp house construction



Jan. 9, 1940. H. D. PHILIPS LAMP HOUSE CONSTRUCTION Filed April 2'7, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTO Jan. 9, 1940. H. D. PHILIPS LAMP HOUSE CONSTRUCTION Filed. April 2'7, 193'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f m fi Mwm Patented Jan. 9, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Harlow D. Phili an Kodak Company,

Eastm LAMP HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ps, Rochester, N. Y.,

assignor to Rochester. N. Y., a

corporation of New Jersey Application April 27, 1937, Serial No. 139,240

The present invention relatw to system for a projector and more 7 Claims.

a ventilating particularly to the lamp house construction thereof.

The increased illumination mad projectors by the use sources has at the same lem in ventilation. 01

known that the be provided with e available in 01' more powerful light time introduced a probcourse, it is desirable esor ceiling of the room. It is well lamp houses of projectors may light bailies to prevent the emission of direct rays from the lamp house but heretofore such light baiiling has been accomplished only at the expense of building up considerable back pressure in the lamp house and decreasing the ventilating or cooling efl'ect of the air blown through the lamp house.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision, circulating an light little, if any, additional resistance lation of air through the lamp Another object of the sion of a baiiiing means in a projector having a fan for air blast over the light source, of means which prevents the passage of any direct light rays but which also oifers to the circuhouse. invention is the provicomprising a plurality of formed members which are nested in spaced relation so as to provide for the air blast moving and still prohibiting the rays between said baiiies.

across th low resistance pass-ages e light source passage of direct light A further object of the invention is the provision in a projector including take opening of a the fllm gate of intake opening of air with the produced around the film gate.

Other and further objects of the be suggested to those following disclosure.

a fan with an inplurality of channels adjacent the projector and leading to the of the fan so that a circulation accompanying cooling effect is invention will skilled in the art by the light source. Said bat,-

iles are arranged so that direct light rays cannot pass therebetween and so that a plurality of low resistance passages are formed for the escape of air from the lamp house.

this reduction of back pressure upon In addition, the exhaust side of the fan permits a slight additional load on the intake side of the fan so that according to the invention the frame membe i r are provided with rs of the proadjacent the optical system and film forming intake air gate of the projector and es leading from the film gate to the intake opening of the fan assembly. Thus not only is a freer circulation of air around the lamp obtained but an induced circulation of air is created around the film gate and optical system.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar elements and projector equipped with a wherein:

partial section, of a Fig.1isarearview,in

light bailling means according to the invention.

and optical system or Fig. 2 is a plan view of the projector with a ction broken away along the axes of the fan upon the line 2-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an exploded partial section of the projector film gate taken on line H of Fig. 2.

section through a projector Fig. 4 is a vertical arrangement of the light eluding a modified bafliing means according to the invention.

Although the present invention is to be described with respect to a motion picture projector, it is clear that the features of the invention may be employed to of in projector or in any type of apparatus includg a lamp house to be cooled by circulation of an air blast.

which is mounted housing It has side walls II, a rear a II tor and may be located Such a fan means comprises a fan casing II which has a side wall 20 iii l9 and an exhaust throat 2| includes a shaft '22 carry- The fan rotor to which a plug spider members 23 and 24 rality of longitudinally extending fan blades 18 are attached. A pair of cheek rings 26 are fastened to each end of the respective fan blades Anti-friction bearings 21 and 28 support each end of shaft 22, hearing 21 being journaled in a cup 29 which is supported at the center of an intake opening 30 in the side wall ll of fan casing it by a plurality of spokes 3|.

Similarly bearing 28 is journaled in a cup 32 which is supported at the center of an intake opening 38 in the front wall ll of lamp housing It by a plulity of spokes ll. The light source is supported within. the lamp housing l0 and within the exhaust throat'fl of e fan assembl and may comprise an incanequal advantage in any type 35 descent lamp 3! which fits into a socket it, see Fig. l. The socket 38 extends through the wall of fan casing It.

The fan rotor II is driven by any suitable prime mover. not shown. and connected to a pulley 31 on shaft 22. Such rotation of fan rotor II will draw air through the intake openings 30 and 33 at each end of the fan rotor and also through the opening it of the rear wall II of lamp housing Ill. An air blast will be discharged from said rotating fan H through the exhaust throat 2|! and over the incandescent lamp II. The free circulation of said air blast would be obtained by leaving the top of the lamp houslrm entirely open but under such a condition a large area of the room ceiling would be brightly illuminated to detract in a well known manner from thepicture projection.

According to the invention a light bamim means is provided in the path of the air blast beyond the light source and may comprise a plurality of curved members 38 which may be supported in the cover It, said cover it being provided with an opening 3! above said members 38. Cover Iii includes a central portion II which receives a bolt ll engaging a central partition ll within lamp housing II. The curved members 3! are nested in spaced relation so that a straight line cannot be drawn between any pair of said members 88 without intersecting one of them. Such nested spacing of members It insures that a direct light ray cannot pass between said members ll which are preferably provided with a black matte surface so that any reflections from one member to the other are reduced to a minimum. Such arrangement of said curved members 38 provides a plurality of low resistance air passages therebetween so that the air blast is relatively free to pass from the lamp housing Iii especially in view of the total prohibition from the passage of a direct light beam. Furthermore, the air blast passing between the curved balie members 38 is subjected only to a gradual and easy change in direction so that only a small back pressure is built up against the fan assembly within the exhaust throat 20.

According to Figs. 1 and 2 the curved baille members 88 extend longitudinally of the projector proper but the aforementioned light bailing means is equally effective if the home members extend transversely of the projector and of the axis of rotation of the fan. This modification of the invention is illustrated in Pig. 4.

According to Fig. 4 the projector includes a base 43, a lamp housing ll provided at the top with an opening It. A motor II is mounted within housing M to drive a fan, not shown. but mounted in a known manner within a fan casing 1 having an exhaust throat 4!. The lamp housing ll is provided with an opening it located opposite the intake for fan easing ll and covered by a grill til. As before, the incandescent lamp II is mounted within the exhaust throat I. The plurality of arcuate baflie members I! are mounted between the side walls I! of lamp housing 44 or in any other suitable manner but are mounted in nested spaced relation so that low resistance passages for the air blast are provided between said bame members I! but still in such relation that a direct light beam cannot be projected from lamp 5| between baffle members I! and through opening I.

A further feature of the projector ventilating system, according to the invention. is the circulation of intake air for the fan around time opticalsystemandfllmgateoftheprojector. Such feahuewillnowbe The mayalsocompriseameehanism homingltseel'lglwhichisprovidedwlma shutter-recess. ashuttershaftiiisrotatably mountedinhousingllandcarrlesa perforatedsmderlltowhichtheshuttcrblades ilareattached.

systemfor the projector may compriseapairotcondemerlensesitwhichare mountedwithin'ashelllllnthe front wall ll of lamp liandalsoanobjective I which front frame member i! havingarearwall. Asecondframemember Nismountedbetweenlamphousingllandfmnt frame member 2. A iilm gate is supported by saidnamemunbersflandliinlinewiththe lightsourceflandtheopticaisystemocmposed of lenses I! and objective ll. Said filmgatecomprtsesafrontgatememberllwhich isprovidedintheusualmannerwithafllm andwhichisprovldedwithaflared opening 61. aid gate member 5 is attached to therearwaliflof front frame member I, whichwallflmaybeprovidedwitharecessil forthlspurpose.seel'lg.3. Baidrearwallfl of frame member I isprovided wlthatransversereceesllwhichisadjacentsaidopening flingatememberliandalsotherearendof objective". Themrterendoftransverserecess llhas aninclinedwali II. Movable gate memberlllsalsoprovidedwithafllmguidewayl! andaflaredopening'lt Gate member Il may beresilientlyheidagainsttheflxedgatememberflbyapairofspringsll whicharefastened tothesecondframememberllandwhichbear against the rear surface of said movable gate member ll. Said second frame member 4 is provided'witharecess'liwhichlseo-extensive withthemovable gate member ll andwhich may haveslonlnzsldewalk. Pramememberflmay alsohe withareeessliforfreercirculationofairtotheintakeofthefanassembly. Bymakingrecessllaslargeasthemovablegate ll agreaterrangeofmovement canbepermitted said movable gate member during threading of film into the projector. The front side oftheiixedgatememberflmaybeprovidedwith arecessllwhichisadjacenttheflaredope'ning lllngaternernherll,seel'ig.3.

Thetransverscrecesstiinrearwalllland therecesllinfroutgatememberilforman intakeairleadingtowardthefan intake. itmaybetopmvidearecessllinthe for continuation of such intakeairpssagctothefan Inthesamemanner Ilamll'inthesecondframemember alsoformanintakeairebehindthe fllmgateandleadlngtotheintakeopeningof arrows indicate the flow of air through the opening liintherearwall llandthroughlntake opening ill in the side wall I! of fancasing ll.

Since the present invention is susceptible of various modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope thereof is to be determined by the appended claims.

Having now particularly described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States and what I claim is:

l. A projection apparatus comprising a lampspaced relation to provide low resistance passages for said exhaust air blast and to prevent direct light rays from passing between said formed members, said frame members being provided with open recesses adjacent said optical system to form smooth intake air passages leading from said film. gate to one of the intake openings of said tan means.

2. A projection apparatus comprising a lamphouslng adapted to contain a light source. a fan means associated with said housing for creating an exhaust air blast upon said light source and including a pair of intake openings. an optical system, a film gate including a pair oi gate members which are each provided with an opening, frame members supporting said optical system in alignment with said light source and supporting said gate members with the Openings therein in alignment with said light source, and light bailiing means on said housing in the path oi said exhaust air blast beyond said light source and including a plurality of arcuate members so curved and so nested in spaced relation as to provide low resistance passages for said exhaust air blast and to prohibit passage of direct light rays between said arcuate members, said frame members being provided with open recesses adjacent said optical system and one of said gate members being recessed adjacent the opening therein to form an air passage leading from said fllm gate to one of the intake openings of said fan means.

3. A photographic projection apparatus comprising a lamp housing adapted to contain a light source, a optical system, a film gate, frame members supporting said optical system and said film gate in alignment with said li ht source, and a fan assembly including a fan casing having an exhaust throat connected to said lamp housing and provided with a pair of intake openings and including a fan rotor for drawing through each intake opening an equal proportion of the air for the exhaust air blast upon said light source, said intake opening for the smaller portion of the air drawing from the vicinity of the film gate.

4. A photographic projection apparatus comprising a lamp housing adapted to contain a light source,anopticalsystem,afilmgate,frame memberssupportingsaid optical system and said film gate in alignment with said light source, and afanassemblyincludingafancasinghavingan exhaust throat connected to saidlamp housing and provided with a pair of intake openings and including a fan rotor for drawing through each intake opening a predetermined proportion of the air which is moved through said lamp housing. said frame members being provided with open recesses without abrupt surfaces and which extend from said film. gate to one of said intake openings.

5. A projection apparatus comprising a lamp housing adapted to contain a light source, a fan means associated with said housing for creating an exhaust air blast upon said light source and including an intake opening, an optical system. a film gate including a pair of gate members which are each provided with an opening, and a frame member supporting said optical system in alignment'with said light source and fixedly supporting one gate member with its opening in alignment with said optical system, said frame member and the fixed gate member each being recessed adjacent the optical system and opening in said fixed gate member to form an air passage leading from said gate opening to the intake opening of said fan means.

6. A projection apparatus comprising a lamp housing adapted to contain a light source, a fan means associated with said housingfor creating an exhaust air blgst upon said light source and including an intake opening, anoptical system, a film gate including a pair of gate members which are each provided with an opening, a frame member supporting said optical system in alignment with said light source and fixedly supporting one gate member with its opening in alignment with said optical system, and a second frame member movably supporting the other gate member. said first frame member and the fixed gate member each being recessed adjacent the optical system and opening in said fixed gate member ,and said second frame member being recessed co-extensively with said movable gate member to form air passages leading past said film gate to the intake opening of said fan means.

I. A projection apparatus comprising a lamp housing adapted to contain a light source, a fan means associated with said housing for creating an exhaust air blast upon said light source and including an intake opening, an optical system, a film'gate including a pair of gate members which are each provided with an opening, frame members supporting said optical system in alignment with said light source and supporting said sate members with the openings therein in alignment with said light source, and a rotatable shutter having a perforated spider between said frame member and the intake opening of said fan means, said frame member being provided with recesses adjacent said optical system and the ningsinsaidgatemembersto form intake air passages leading from said fllm gate, through said perforated spider of the shutter and to the intake opening of said fan means.

HARLOW D. PHILIPS.

CERTlFICATE OF CORRECTION. Taten't No. 2,186, 618, Jinuary 9,-19140.

HARLOW n. PHILIPS.

It is hereby certified that error appars in the printed Specification of the above mimbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 3, first column, line 55, claim 5, for "a optical" re ad an optical; line 62, same claim, for "equal" read unequal; and that the gaidLetters Patent should bevread with this correction therein that the same may conform to the rec- 0rd of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 2nd day of April, A. n. 191p.

Henry Van Arsdale, (seal) Acting Conmlasionor of Patents. 

